Thanks for the responses. Confirmation of the little voice in the back of my head, I think. Will try raising the ball, just for grins, tho.

For posterity, here are the weights, now that I am home and near the spreadsheet. Incomplete comparisons are due to having to use the Muni scale at the landfill on a Saturday. The alternative near-ish scale is at a gravel pit, and the approach and departure ends are wonky to the point it is impossible to pull off of or onto the scale in a level attitude.

I have an Andersen hitch. It is advertised to be a WD hitch. I find it's useless as a WD hitch. When I had a 3/4 ton truck I didn't need WD so the hitch worked well as an anti-sway hitch. With my 1/2 ton I need WD. Goodbye Anderson, hello Equal-i-zer.

TV & Trailer need to be as level as possible.
2" Tongue low is probably 4" butt high, with the front trailer axle loaded more than than the rear, unloading the TV steering axle...which may be contributing to your 'not quite right' towing experience.

TV & Trailer need to be as level as possible.
2" Tongue low is probably 4" butt high, with the front trailer axle loaded more than than the rear, unloading the TV steering axle...which may be contributing to your 'not quite right' towing experience.

With WD applied, dialed in, loaded for camping my 30’ is 1/2”-3/4” of level, with a very slight nose down approach. I use an equalizer hitch.

Your trailer should be as close to level as possible (as measured from the frame rail to the ground, front and rear, on a level concrete pad) when fully rigged up with the correct amount of WD applied to the receiver / TV.

OK. As Paul Harvey would say... something about the rest of the story. After goofing around with hitches, etc. the payload problem just would not go away, and was bound to get worse as we added "stuff," including the bride's rock collection. New TV is an F350 with over 3,300lb useful load. After several adjustments and re-adjustments, AS is riding within a 1/4 inch level, slightly nose down. TV squats nicely under load, and WD hitch shoves some back forward. Recent trip with a wide variety of terrain was excellent. Now I can enjoy the trip instead of wondering. Thanks for all the prior advice.

Sounds good. A lot more weight on the truck than the 690 lbs mentioned in some earlier posts. I think you have everything you need. You do not really need the tongue weight since you know how much weight you are adding to the truck. Bottom line now is does it drive well? And is this still with the Anderson or did you upgrade hitches with the truck? I am just curious about that.

Upgraded to a Propride in a last ditch effort to avoid a TV upgrade. Oh well. Still works well on the new TV. No wiggles, even with oncoming double semi on a narrow AK highway at speed. Hitch/unhitch is pretty slick; quiet.

The axle capacities are more than adequate - still lots of capacity left on the F350. I know what you mean about the front increase, but it is what it is, and I am not even putting anywhere near the WD I had on the F150.

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